Jack Latvala Backs David Jolly, Rips Alex Sink

While he backed Rep. Kathleen Peters, R-St. Petersburg, in the primary, Florida Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, endorsed David Jolly, the Republican running in the special election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Bill Young, R-Fla., in Congress. Jolly takes on former state CFO Alex Sink, the Democratic nominee, and Libertarian Lucas Overby in the special election on March 11.

Latvala went after Sink on Thursday, hitting the Democrat for supporting President Barack Obama.

I ask every voter today to take a long, hard look at Alex Sinks history as a career politician. who will clearly be a rubber stamp for the Obama agenda and will put the interests of her Washington backers above the interests of Pinellas County, Latvala said on Thursday. From what we are seeing, this is going to be a tight race come March 11th, but if voters base this decision on what truly matters the ability to serve the people of Pinellas County, help grow our businesses and our economy, and help fight Obamacares onerous impact on our seniors and our residents the choice is actually quite clear. It is clear Alex Sink continues to grow more and more out of step with what really matters to this community and will defend Obamacare and the Washington establishment at all costs. Lets cast our vote for David Jolly a man who will work to protect the jobs and the people of Pinellas County.

I thank Sen. Latvala for his support in this race to represent Pinellas County in Washington, Jolly said. I have said this from the very beginning, this is a Pinellas County race and as the senator well knows, we are a strong, vibrant community but we have many issues that need attention at the local, state and national level. We know everything that is wrong with Washington and we have to fix it. Job-crippling policies enacted by Obamacare have reduced worker hours and created uncertainty for our employers that is no way to help grow our economy.

We need to elect someone with a record of helping protect and grow local jobs here in Pinellas County, Jolly added. I worked with my mentor Bill Young on behalf of this community for nearly 20 years and have worked with small and large businesses throughout our district and county to grow manufacturing, high-tech and defense jobs for our skilled and unskilled workforce. I am ready to continue this commitment when we win this race on March 11th and head to Washington. Our friends and neighbors, our job creators and members of our local workforce deserve to be represented by someone who will put Pinellas County above the Washington agenda and the support of Obamacare.